:Craig Colquitt

{{Short description|American football player (born 1954)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}}

{{Infobox NFL biography

| name = Craig Colquitt

| number = 5

| position = Punter

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1954|6|9|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 1

| weight_lbs = 182

| high_school = Knoxville (TN) South

| college = Tennessee

| draftyear = 1978

| draftround = 3

| draftpick = 76

| pastteams =

• Pittsburgh Steelers ({{NFL Year|1978}}–{{NFL Year|1984}})
• Indianapolis Colts ({{NFL Year|1987}})

| highlights =

• 2× Super Bowl champion (XIII, XIV)
• 2× First-team All-SEC (1976, 1977)

| statlabel1 = Punts

| statvalue1 = 431

| statlabel2 = Punt yards

| statvalue2 = 17,795

| statlabel3 = Longest punt

| statvalue3 = 74

| pfr = C/ColqCr20

}}

Joseph Craig Colquitt (born June 9, 1954) is an American former professional football punter who spent eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the Pittsburgh Steelers (1978–1981, 1983–1984) and Indianapolis Colts (1987).{{Cite web |title=Craig Colquitt Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ColqCr20.htm |access-date=March 10, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} He was selected by the Steelers with the 76th overall pick in the third round of the 1978 NFL draft out of the University of Tennessee.{{Cite web |title=1978 NFL Draft Listing |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/1978/draft.htm |access-date=March 10, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} He was a member of two Super Bowl championship teams with the Steelers in 1978 and 1979.{{Cite web |title=1978 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/1978.htm |access-date=March 10, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=1979 Pittsburgh Steelers Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/pit/1979.htm |access-date=March 10, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}}

Colquitt's nephew, Jimmy Colquitt,{{Cite web |date=October 28, 2007 |title=Former Vol Colquitt Kicks In Huge Donation |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VpU1AAAAIBAJ&sjid=FigMAAAAIBAJ&pg=684,3139597 |access-date=December 22, 2021 |website=Elizabethton Star|via=Google News|agency=Associated Press}} was a punter for the Seattle Seahawks in 1985.{{Cite web |title=Jimmy Colquitt Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Draft, College |url=https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ColqJi20.htm |access-date=March 10, 2024 |website=Pro Football Reference |language=en}} He is also the father of two former NFL punters, Dustin and Britton Colquitt.{{Cite web |last=Longman |first=Jeré |date=February 1, 2014 |title=A Family of Punters Demonstrates the Heredity of Hang Time |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/01/sports/football/for-the-colquitt-punters-4th-down-is-family-time.html |access-date=March 10, 2024 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}} All four played college football at the University of Tennessee.{{Cite web |date=November 13, 2010 |title=The Punting Colquitt Brothers Are Keeping Alive a Family Pedigree in the N.F.L. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/14/sports/football/14punters.html |access-date=September 30, 2022 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |agency=Associated Press}} Both his sons won Super Bowl rings, Britton with the Broncos and Dustin with the Chiefs.{{Cite web |last=Toppmeyer |first=Blake |date=February 2, 2020 |title=How former Tennessee Vols, Bearden player Dustin Colquitt fared in Super Bowl |url=https://www.knoxnews.com/story/sports/college/university-of-tennessee/football/2020/02/02/super-bowl-chiefs-49-ers-dustin-colquitt-emmanuel-moseley-tennessee-vols/4587039002/ |access-date=March 10, 2024 |website=Knoxville News Sentinel |language=en-US}} Craig was inducted into the Greater Knoxville Hall of Fame on July 16, 2009. Craig is the author of the children's book: "JoJo! What Happened To Your Hair?".{{Cite web |last=Harrop |first=Joanne Klimovich |date=June 16, 2018 |title=Grandson's question leads former Pittsburgh Steelers punter Craig Colquitt into the literary world |url=https://archive.triblive.com/aande/books/grandsons-question-leads-former-pittsburgh-steelers-punter-craig-colquitt-into-the-literary-world/ |access-date=March 10, 2024 |website=TribLive.com}}